76woodenspooners
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It's that time of the year when we're reminded of the song that John Lennon wrote about his beloved Collingwood ...
"So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white ..."
Yes folks, it's Christmas time, the happiest time of the year!
It's the season of silly hats, dad jokes, eating to excess and presents. Let's have a look at what is under the tree for us this year ...
I dunno if it's because we've been good (surely not!) or if Santa simply feels sorry for us, but the presents are piled high this year.
What presents are you excited about opening?
Sam McLarty Packaged in a nice big box. We're not like the rich kids, like those on the Gold Coast who get showered with expensive round 1 gifts. We're of modest means. This present was quite a surprise, but it's solid, and Santa Hine clearly does love us.
Callum Brown This is the gift we've been pestering our parents about all year. They've been telling us that we have to wait and see. There might have been doubt about whether he would have been affordable, but come Christmas Day Santa Hine did not disappoint.
Kayle Kirby Now this gift was a surprise. It's that gift you never saw coming, and now you've opened it you're not really sure what it is. But you're happy it's yours.
Josh Daicos You've been nagging Santa all year about this one. Many nights you would be sitting in bed with the covers over you, and illuminated by torchlight you'd be writing letters "Deer Santa, I no I have been a bad boy, but pleese pleese give me Josh Daicos for Christmas and I promice I will be good foreva. Say 'Hi' to Rudolf for me, from 76woodenspooners ". We all know the real reason we wanted this one is because it comes from the design studio of everybody's second favourite Hungarian (*), Ernö Rubik, who invented the bestest toy ever back in the 70's. No pressure.
Braydon Sier Last year's Christmas present still remains unused. It's like that Chemistry set "Fun things that go 'BANG!' " that uncle George gave you for your fifth Christmas. It looked like fun but your parents quickly spirited it up to a top cupboard somewhere. Now it might be time to get the step ladder out and fetch it.
Matthew Scharenberg The original Christmas present. He's been patiently sitting cross legged under the tree for a couple of years now. We had one or two sneak peeks through the paper, but he's largely remained unopened. We haven't forgotten he's there, but will reality match expectations after all this time?
Jackson Ramsay When you opened it up and discovered it was a radio controlled Jeep you were a bit disappointed, because it wasn't as fast as the radio controlled Porsche or radio controlled Ferrari that the rich kids got. You quickly found that it actually performs pretty well in the sand pit that the cat poops in - oh so much better than those Porsches and Ferraris do. Just when you were starting to have fun with it, it broke and had to be taken back to the shop to be fixed.
Josh Thomas This was the toy that got subject to a product recall due to lead paint. It wasn't your favourite toy even when it did get sent back. The postman is about to deliver the replacement and you're not even expecting it. What will it be like when it arrives?
Lachlan Keeffe Another product recall. It was pretty frustrating to play with, you'd direct it left and it would go right, direct it right and it would go left. It had a mind of its own. But it's big and it's got bright colours and so you have forgotten how annoyingly annoying it was.
* Surely Les Murray (formally Laslo Urge) is everybody's favourite Hungarian?
"So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so happy Christmas
For black and for white ..."
Yes folks, it's Christmas time, the happiest time of the year!
It's the season of silly hats, dad jokes, eating to excess and presents. Let's have a look at what is under the tree for us this year ...
I dunno if it's because we've been good (surely not!) or if Santa simply feels sorry for us, but the presents are piled high this year.
What presents are you excited about opening?
Sam McLarty Packaged in a nice big box. We're not like the rich kids, like those on the Gold Coast who get showered with expensive round 1 gifts. We're of modest means. This present was quite a surprise, but it's solid, and Santa Hine clearly does love us.
Callum Brown This is the gift we've been pestering our parents about all year. They've been telling us that we have to wait and see. There might have been doubt about whether he would have been affordable, but come Christmas Day Santa Hine did not disappoint.
Kayle Kirby Now this gift was a surprise. It's that gift you never saw coming, and now you've opened it you're not really sure what it is. But you're happy it's yours.
Josh Daicos You've been nagging Santa all year about this one. Many nights you would be sitting in bed with the covers over you, and illuminated by torchlight you'd be writing letters "Deer Santa, I no I have been a bad boy, but pleese pleese give me Josh Daicos for Christmas and I promice I will be good foreva. Say 'Hi' to Rudolf for me, from 76woodenspooners ". We all know the real reason we wanted this one is because it comes from the design studio of everybody's second favourite Hungarian (*), Ernö Rubik, who invented the bestest toy ever back in the 70's. No pressure.
Braydon Sier Last year's Christmas present still remains unused. It's like that Chemistry set "Fun things that go 'BANG!' " that uncle George gave you for your fifth Christmas. It looked like fun but your parents quickly spirited it up to a top cupboard somewhere. Now it might be time to get the step ladder out and fetch it.
Matthew Scharenberg The original Christmas present. He's been patiently sitting cross legged under the tree for a couple of years now. We had one or two sneak peeks through the paper, but he's largely remained unopened. We haven't forgotten he's there, but will reality match expectations after all this time?
Jackson Ramsay When you opened it up and discovered it was a radio controlled Jeep you were a bit disappointed, because it wasn't as fast as the radio controlled Porsche or radio controlled Ferrari that the rich kids got. You quickly found that it actually performs pretty well in the sand pit that the cat poops in - oh so much better than those Porsches and Ferraris do. Just when you were starting to have fun with it, it broke and had to be taken back to the shop to be fixed.
Josh Thomas This was the toy that got subject to a product recall due to lead paint. It wasn't your favourite toy even when it did get sent back. The postman is about to deliver the replacement and you're not even expecting it. What will it be like when it arrives?
Lachlan Keeffe Another product recall. It was pretty frustrating to play with, you'd direct it left and it would go right, direct it right and it would go left. It had a mind of its own. But it's big and it's got bright colours and so you have forgotten how annoyingly annoying it was.
* Surely Les Murray (formally Laslo Urge) is everybody's favourite Hungarian?
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